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WOMAN'S ENTERPRISE
rooms, six
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.d h
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Address All Communications to Box 15. sition to s
ing fapyor
SUBSCRIPTION: IN ADVANCE..............$1.00 Per Annum first payrr
Greer
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1921. delightful
waters of
A one paper town is a one horse town which Baton Rouge functions
certainly is not, as is evidenced by the advertising spirit exhibited were man
in all local publications. Where you see papers filled with ads you earliest s
may be sure that a town or city is not an aggregation of dead property
heads. This is only the second issue of Woman's Enterprise and several s1
from the support given it we feel that no city in the Union can Pike ther
boast of more wide awake and progressive merchants and other commodi
business men. Had we a paper for years without competition per- tages for
haps we might say "This city should have but one paper and that gathered
is US." ing almo
ed as as
HISTORY OF THE CHURCHES. since. c
tel, equi.
Woman's Enterprise proposes to publish brief histories of was kep
the various churches as data can be secured. Whilnot, especially poaret
familiar with recent histories quite a number are not, especially pNot
those who have located here during the last one orbe found brief matureN'
As a beginning of this work in today's issue will be found brief mature,
historical sketches of the First Methodist and of St. James Epis- ly situa
copal Churches, the establishment of both of which reach far location
back in local history. asked t,
vanced
HE WAS A WISE MERCHANT. our poli
During the last days of July and first days of August the an- tients a
nual convention of National Congress of Retail Merchants was better 1
held in Chicago when the President, J. R. Mooney of Temple, jury to
Okla., in his opening address, spoke as follows: vantag
"The men will be content to let things slide along, but found.
remember it is the woman who reminds the man when the
shirt is dropping of his back and that he needs a new one. springt
Women do the buying, so address your advertisements to Amite
them." combir
Mr. Mooney is wise to the fact that women are they who dos N
the family purchasing of both dry goods and groceries. Be wisents b
also by advertising in the Woman's Enterprise and watch results. sist i
alo ymarke
AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. from
paish
The reception given the first issue of Women's Enterprise
was most gratifying to its founders and an intimation ofic way thatits WOM
future promises. While it was known ing to do something of a
the women of Baton Rouge were attemptifg to do 5omething of a
public character few had an idea of the great amount of work of sum
a public chand beneficiae l nature performed by what has always been male a
a public and beneficial naue teappearance of this paper. So the pa
considered the weaker sex until the appearance So
ucessful was the launching of the publication that the 2000 edi- measul
tion ran out before three o'clock P. M., and had twice the number politict
been printed all would have been purchased. Thus publicity was ence l
given to advertisements beyond the expectation of those who had thatn
them inserted or even of thepublishers. As was said in the first safe i
issue three-fourthe or more of all purchasing is done by the fe- prevel
males of the family and for that reason the columns of Woman's oftenii
Enterprise has few equals as an 5dvertising medium. tion i
The publisher takes this method of extending thanks to all
those who contributed in making Woman's Enterprise the grand cuidE
success it proved to be and will endeavor with their assistance to womn
improve each and every issue.
Women will be as successful in conducting this paper as they all t
have been in the many movements Inaugurated and carried outtop
thatr
by them. city,
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A SUGGESTION. this
Few will be found in this city to disagree with the statement elap
that the first or west square of the neutral ground oy Northe he
Boulevard is anything but a credit to the city. It is untidy in the thei
extreme with walks in every direction and earth showing whereofield
shrubs and flowers would be a pleasing sight. Strangers coming firsi
from the depot are wt to judge our city by this, the first place tur
renountered, and hundreds of visitors 'see the ugly place where sin
one has an opportunity of visiting VictorY Park. wol
This is not written in a spirit of fault-finding with the city othe
Commission, as Woman's Enterprise is fully aware of the lack of thet
inboome to devote to streets and squares. It knows that the city hr
·,eommissioners are doing their best with the limited means at their tic
,command to keep the city in presentable condition; inothat o
the commissioners regret their inability to do more in the way of wi
civic improvement; it knows that the Mayor, Judge and the few cii
policemen the city is in financial position to maintain, are efficient
in enforcement of city ordinances and doing their best under the
circumstances. Of coure, there are those who criticize public of- di
flcials without regard to time, plaee or circumstances, but these in
are generally of the number who have a personal grudge against ci
the authorities. Fair minded men and women understand that it i
takes money to keep up a city and the money is not forth coming
at thisNo the suggestion is this: Rempve all benches to another h
block enlist the services of the ladies of the civic association and 1
gloe them ful charge swith Judge Benton to supply such labor as i
may be nemessfull penalize all persons crossing the guound, con
ning theer p to the side walks running along each side and withiti
gix m~nth t the siadre will be a thing of beauty and a credit to the
eit instead of the ugly, untidy place it is now.
It is thought that they who daily ccupay the benches around
the monument re confederate veterans, but such is not a fact as
btet one or two of the old soldiers are now to be seen resting be
1Beth the monument erected to the' memory of their companions
dtheseshould be plesed to see the monument amid beautiful
s fortheplroed s ted over, ad the l adie wil aeept the
r thdecided l hane wIll be seen before the robins come again.
Try the expdricne c ioners. Consult the ladiea, it
wil ost little or nothifl to cam out the plan here outlined and
o Isftot5 will enefte .better opinIon of our city.
tze gi
GREEN WELL SPRINGS. beitie
the t
The fine hotel at Greenwell Springs with its forty-two bed- fir tn
rooms, sixteen baths, artesian wells and mineral springs long un
- occupied has come into limelight once again. This time a propo
sition to sell the property to the Anti-Tuberculosis League, is be- Get
ing favorably considered and if funds can be had to make the e-sel
Sfirst payment it is likely the sale will be consumated. st
Greenwell Springs, so we learn from old citizens, was a most
delightful resort for the people of this city years ago, with its
waters of high medicinal reputation, its balls and other socialt
amusement of summer guests of whom there
ed functions for the edicinal virtue of the waters was known to the
pu seemn.Ttler meiuna
ad earliest settlers but it was not until 1853 that the owner of the
nd property at that time, Mr Willim S. Pike, had an analis of the
several springs made by a prominent chemist of Washington. r
an Pike then developed the property by causing the construction o a
ter commodious dining and dancing hall and quite a number of cot
er tages for summer boarders. Here many of the elite of this section
1at gathered during the prevalence of yellow fever, a scourge appear
ing almost annually. During the civil war the placewas abandon
ed as a summer resort, its buildings removed and has remained so
since. Some years ago the present owners established a finellow Jacketho
of tel, equipped with all modern appurtenances but failed to draw sup-Jacket
aref was kept beyond the boundaries of Louisiana it failed to draw sup
ally port.
des. Now, however, if the plans of the Anti-Tuberculosis League
les. Now hoeve, ifep e ocuped. I'ht i isideal
rief mature, the old place will soon again be occupied. That it is itdeal
Pis- ly situated for the purposes designated none acquainted with its
far location will doubt. The next session of the Legislature awill be
asked to provide for its maintenance, but in the meantime anle ad
.vanced payment of $10,000 must be provided thao close the sale andum.
our police jury is asked to contribute $500 of that sum
Whether the establishment of a colony of tuberculosis pa
an- tients at the Springs is advantageous to theparish or whether it is
was better to allow the buildings to fall into decay is upto the police
rple, jury to decide. Perhaps in all Louisiana no place of equal ad
vantages for the location of an institution of that char acter can be
found. The curative properties of the waters of the several
springs, the scent of the pines of the nighbOrhOod, the beautiful
Amite watering the banks within a stone's throw of the hotel all
combine to render the place an ideal one for the proposed purposes.
1o Not only would the springs be highly beneficial to the pati
wise ents but the establishment of a home for the afflicted would as
3ults sist in developing the resources of that section by providing a
market for truck growers and farmers. The project, is a wise one
from every stand-point and a matter in which the people of the
paish should be generally interested.
WOMEN SHOULD REGISTER AND have faile
VOTE. privilege
E these we
---- opportuni
Suffrage was conferred upon the fe- their moi
male sex with the understanding on this the b
Sthe part of tht proponents of the Register
Smeasure that women's presence in the your indi
r political arena would bring h infi- woman's
,s ence to bear upon the body politic
d that would tend towards a purifica- r
tion of political methods and throw
safe guards about the ballot box to
*prevent its polution, unfortunately too
's often polluted. An active participa
tion in political affairs by the female
Li ser would most undoubtedly have a
id decidedly beneficial, effect also in se-1
curing the best and ablest men and
to women to serve the commonwealth,
and it therefore becomes the duty of
ey all women endowed with citizenship
ut to pay their poll taxes and to register
that they may be prepared to cast
their votes at every and all elections,
city, parish or state.
True, it is too late to register at
this time, but no long period will have
ent elapsed ere the books are again op
rth ened preparatory to important elec
th tions and our ladies should overcome
the their reluctance to enter the political
ere field and qualify as voters at the very
ing first opportunity.
ace It takes time to introduce depar
tures from customs handed down
Wer
er since the dawn of civilization and as
womeni have but recently thrown off
city the shackles of thrawldom, it will take
k of them some little time to realize the
city beneAfits to be derived in their respec
i tive communities by their active par
heir ticipation in public affairs. As this
that is an age of rapid achievement women
y of will soon or later rise to the exer
few cise of the rights and privileges con
cient ferred upon them by the adpotion of
the sulffrage amendment to the consti
r the tution of their country, and when that
i of- day arrives women will be as prompt
these in their discharge of the duties of
ainst citizenship as the most public-spir
at it ited of men.
hnt it
,Ming Some argue that active participa
tion in public affairs on the p*t of
women will weaken their love for
other home and efficiency as housewives.
n and All of which is sheer nonsense, for it
obr as is not a well established and gener
I, con- ally recognizd fact that the good
withit male citizens, is always at the fore
th in the discharge of civic demands, is
he the most generous provider, the ten
derest and most devoted husband and
oround father? If such be true, why not
!aCt as credit women with corresponding vir
tng be-et Away with fogyisml Away
mninse with ideas and customs of past gen
an eratiQns- Women rally and register
sttiful and vote and thus prove to the male
sex that you are as patriotic, as pro
pt the gessiv, as loyal to home and coun
- agai try . the beat male citizs.
The registry already contains the
dies, it names of 68 wo3S, enough to hold
led and in tlelt hands the balanos of pome
in decdou, but msany, too many,
have failed to avail themselves of the
privilege of becoming voters and to
these we appeal to qualify as soon as
opportunitY offers and thus assist
their more prompt sisters in making
this the best government on the globe.
Register and vote, sisters, throw off
your indifference in such matters that
woman's influence may redound to
woman's innuezl a u " p - --.
Dollar Strategy
DOLLAR STRATEGY is dollar sense. It
Sconsistsof spending money where you'll
get the greatest satisfaction and service it is
Spossible to buy for a given sum. This is
made possible when you trade with mer
chants who are members of the Mercantile
SSavings Association.
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Cor. Florida and Church Streets
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yoiCS Second Floor Allen Bldg. Telephone No. 765
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the glory and benefit of American
citizenship. Register and vote for
the moral uplift of your community,
fir the safety and sacredness of home
;,nd for the proºtection of -ur liberties,.
Get the names and addresses of all
ex-service men who have any claims
to E. S. Martin, Box 112.
Why Will You Continue to PAY RENT
when stichI bargains are offered by the
J. R. GRAND AGENCY
Read these and be convinced:
A cozy little six room bungalow nicely lo
cated, call make good terms; ask price.
One six ooI buIngalow, East Feliciana St.,
one a iie-half blocks from car line
with t garages, large driveway, lot
40x100 .$1400 cash, balance 840.00 per
iijoiith. This is a (rood one.
A splncldid commelllllrcial corner with estah
lisled grocery utsillCess, corner of North
Bolevard aind Webster St. This is the
bhst comllllercial property on North
Boulevard, for sale at $8500.00; $4300
cshli. halalnce terms. sm
Onee six room house in Easytown with small
S confectionery, lot 37x100. Price $2250:
- $350 cash, balance terms.
e One five room bungalow on Florida St. near
l BMagnolia School, price right and can
II nmke good terms.
.One real elegant home close in, best residen
tial neighborhood, make appointment to
see this as we are offering you a bargain.
a A wonderful bargain-6 room and bath bun
ne galow 325 Leon St $800 cash, balance
terms.
For the above and other bargains call 198.
DAY & BROWN'
Dingra With J. R. Grand Agency
off 42 Reymond Bldg.
The man who still persists in doubt
ding the advent of a boom is a man
who does not believe in the vast re
cuperative powers of this country.
Such a man is a "bear" on the United
States of America.
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Have yon notified Martin at Box
112 of that Buddy who needs help?